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the ant, a true insect. All insects do not show the divisions 

 of the body so clearly as this figure shows them, but on 



\ Coxa 



Trochanter 

 , ; , \Femur 

 ^"Tarsal Segments 



FIG. 107. PARTS OF AN INSECT 



careful examination you can usually make them out. The 

 head bears one pair of feelers, which in many insects also 

 serve as organs of hearing and 

 sometimes of smell. Less promi- 

 nent feelers are to be found in the 

 region of the mouth. These serve 

 as organs of taste. 



The eyes of insects are conspic- 

 uous. Close examination shows 

 them to be made up of a thousand 

 or more simple eyes. Such an 

 eye is called a compound eye. An 

 enlarged view of one of these is 

 shown in Fig. 108. 



Attached to the thorax are the legs and also the wings, 

 if the insect have wings. The rear portion is the abdomen, 



FIG. 108. COMPOUND EYE 

 OF DRAGON FLY 



